Social Psychology Section

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The Social Psychology Section is part of the British Psychological Society (BPS), which is a non-profit-making educational and professional organisation for psychologists in the UK.

The Social Psychology Section was founded in 1953 and is now a thriving community of social psychologists.

As a section of the British Psychological Society (BPS), it receives financial support from the Society and it is represented on major BPS committees and at BPS conferences.

In the current socio-political context of education and research fundings cuts, where disciplines compete for the recognition of their societal and academic value, it is more important than ever that social psychology has a strong and distinctive voice.

The Social Psychology Section aims to:

encourage and promote social psychological research

facilitate contact and communication between social psychologists

represent the interests of UK social psychologists within the British Psychological Society and more widely,

impact positively upon social psychology globally

support activities such as workshops and conferences

publish a referereed journal, the Social Psychological Review

The section is run by an elected committee. We always welcome any additional help from members.

Achieving our aims:

The Social Psychological section aims to meet the objectives through the following activities:

an Annual Social Psychology section conference

supporting seminars, workshops, and other conferences organised by members of the section

offering pump priming funds for such events

establishing awards for a recent PhD, Mid-Career, and Distinguised Contribution to Social Psychology

supporting policy relevant meetings with government and non-government organisations

responding to consultation documents and/or initiatives relevant to the development of social psychology; for example, the ESRC Psychology Bench marking Exercise and Nomination of REF Panel Members.